8 Celebrities Who've Had an Awesomely Cinematic 2012

6. Joaquin Phoenix

Audiences love them some crazy Joaq-Joaq. The actor's return from his crazy stint in I'm Still Here to his critically celebrated role in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master has truly left one of cinema's greatest performances. And even though Phoenix has gone on to publicly bash the Academy Awards, he's the safe bet to bring home the statute this year, the only big competition coming from two-time award winner Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, who is also getting early praise. But audiences love comeback tales, and Phoenix's landmark Freddie Quell is most definitely one of the better comeback tales we've heard in a while, even if it does sort of stem from an odd source. http://youtu.be/1WTM8eO1Oec
 
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Cameron Carpenter is an aspiring screenwriter, current film and journalism student, and self-diagnosed cinephile, which only sounds bad in certain circles. Devoted fan of comics, movies, theater, Jesus Christ, Sidney Lumet, and Peter O'Toole, he sometimes spends too much time on his Scribd and comicbookmovie.com, but doesn't think you're one to judge, devoted reader. You can follow him on Twitter to watch him talk to people you didn't know exist. Oh, and Daredevil is quite the big deal around here (my head).